Venture performance holds steady

Despite the struggling IPO market, venture returns for the one-year and three-year time horizons outperformed the Nasdaq and S&P 500 for the period ended March 31, according to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association.

Still, NVCA President Mark Heesen warned that the exit markets will need to “improve dramatically” in order to maintain positive results. The report also showed declines in some of the categories on a quarter-to-quarter basis, though those results are susceptible to fluctuations.